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Dr. Richard Rawson
Richard A. Rawson, Ph.D., is an Associate Director of UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs and Professor-in-Residence at the UCLA Department of Psychiatry, in which he has been a member for more than 20 years. He received a Ph.D. in experimental psychology from the University of Vermont in 1974. Dr. Rawson oversees clinical trials on pharmacological and psychosocial addiction treatments. He is principal investigator of the Los Angeles County Evaluation System Program (LACES) and the California Outcome System Monitoring Program (CalOMS). He has led addiction research and training projects for the United Nations, the World Health Organization, and the U.S. State Department, exporting science-based knowledge to many parts of the world. Dr. Rawson has published 2 books, 27 book chapters, and over 150 peer-reviewed articles and has conducted over 1,000 workshops, paper presentations, and training sessions.
Dr. Desirée Crèvecoeur-MacPhail
Desirée Crèvecoeur-MacPhail, Ph.D. received her doctorate from Claremont Graduate University in Social Psychology and master's degree in clinical psychology from Pepperdine University. Throughout her work at UCLA-ISAP she has been responsible for the examining engagement and retention, and designed research reports that have assisted the county in performance management. As a Research Associate she assisted with collaborative efforts given her role as Project Director of the Los Angeles County Evaluation System (LACES). Her involvement with treatment providers benefited the study as she served as a critical liaison to the treatment community. In addition she has designed and implemented evaluation programs; supervised staff; addressed all correspondence from County, Commissions, and external sources; coordinate and chair meetings with county and state officials, treatment providers, and other stakeholders; compose reports, articles, and newsletters, conduct literature searches.
Ana-Cecilia Myers
Ana Cecilia Myers, M.S., received her Master of Science degree in Clinical Psychology from California Lutheran University (CLU) in 2004. She started working with ISAP November of 2007. During her time at ISAP she has been involved in several projects including the California Access to Recovery Effort (CARE) and the Los Angeles County Evaluations System (LACES). Ana Ceci dedicates most of her time to writing, creating charts and graphs, and working with data. Ana Ceci is a member of Psi-Chi, The National Honor Society in Psychology and Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society. Her future goal is to attend a Doctorate in Psychology Program emphasizing in Neuro-Psychology.
Loretta Ransom
Loretta Ransom received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology with a minor in Latin American Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles. Since coming to ISAP she has served as key project staff on various federal, statewide, and county evaluation projects including the Los Angeles County Evaluation System (LACES) project. As an Interviewer, she has administered a variety of AOD questionnaires and screening instruments in addition to conducting formal interviews with AOD providers, assessors, government officials and stakeholders. As a Project Coordinator, she has assisted Principal Investigators and Project Directors on grant preparations and submissions, IRB submissions, and survey development. She has also contributed to a variety of literature reviews, articles, reports and newsletters and has coordinated a number of trainings and large scale conferences. Loretta is currently a graduate student at California Lutheran University pursuing a Master of Science degree in Clinical Psychology.
Nancy T. Diep
Nancy T. Diep is our newest research associate for the LACES team and has started since October 2009. Before joining the LACES team, Nancy had also worked for a small community clinic for children (2007-2009), interned for the City of Claremont (2006-2007), and volunteered as an AmeriCorps VISTA for Orange County United Way in the Community Investments Department (2005-2006), and worked at the City of Pomona Public Library (2002-2005). Nancy is finishing her Masters in Public Administration at the California Polytechnic University and received her Bachelors of Arts in History at California State University Fullerton in 2004. Nancy says she has always wanted to research and work for UCLA. Nancy says, “I feel very lucky to have the opportunity to work on the LACES project that is going to make a difference to the Los Angeles Community.”